National Malaysian Twin Registry (NMTR) is a not-for-profit organization which facilitates scientific research involving participation of twins or their family members in order to answer some of the questions of health and wellbeing relevant to Malaysians. Twins are able to help researchers study the impact of genetic and environmental factors on health and the treatment and prevention of disease in a special way.  Twin registry is playing an important role in the universal fight against disease, the current quest for knowledge about twins and multiple births, and the search for answers to the health questions posed by genetic research. A wide range of research projects have been undertaken in conjunction with the Registries around the world, including studies on cancer, alcohol and tobacco use; asthma; diabetes; anxiety, stress, and depression; osteoporosis; heart disease.

NMTR is officially launched in June 2008. The proposal is approved by Ministry of Health and National Medical Research Registry. University Kuala Lumpur has provided the Grant for this project. NMTR is collaborated with Perak Women for Women. NMTR includes the families of infant, preschool, school age and adult twins who are willing to consider participating in health-related research. Our twins are born and are living in either Peninsular Malaysia or East Malaysia.   Twins and their families are identified for the registry by using publicly available birth records, through public and private school records, university or hospital records. This information is made available only for the purpose of medical research. Participation in research activities is completely voluntary and twins’ confidentiality is guaranteed. Information obtained will only be used for research purposes.